Longitudinal impact of child care and home environments on low-income children's development

IF 2.2 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101800

Yijie Wang , Nail Hassairi

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Abstract

This longitudinal study investigates how child care quality (CCQ) and home learning environments (HLE) relate to cognitive and social-emotional development among children from low-income backgrounds during their first five years. Analyzing data from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study (N = 482), the research found that HLE demonstrated a significant positive association with achievements in cognitive and social-emotional domains. Notably, HLE's influence on cognitive development became increasingly important over time. While CCQ alone did not directly correlate with developmental outcomes in either domain, the interaction between CCQ and HLE over time significantly influenced cognitive growth. As children developed, cognitive development gaps widened in favor of children from high-quality home learning environments, with this advantage notably amplified by high-quality child care. The findings highlight the critical importance of both enriching home environments and nurturing child care settings in supporting optimal cognitive development for children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

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儿童保育和家庭环境对低收入儿童发展的纵向影响

本纵向研究调查了儿童保育质量（CCQ）和家庭学习环境（HLE）与低收入背景儿童在头五年的认知和社会情感发展之间的关系。该研究分析了早期领先研究和评估研究（N = 482）的数据，发现高智商与认知和社会情感领域的成就有显著的正相关。值得注意的是，随着时间的推移，HLE对认知发展的影响变得越来越重要。虽然单独的CCQ与任何一个领域的发展结果都没有直接关系，但CCQ和HLE之间的相互作用随着时间的推移显著影响认知增长。随着儿童的发展，认知发展差距扩大，有利于来自高质量家庭学习环境的儿童，这种优势被高质量的儿童保育显著放大。研究结果强调了丰富家庭环境和培养儿童保育环境对于支持经济弱势背景儿童的最佳认知发展的重要性。

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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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5.10

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3.30%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.